He who hopes in God trusts God, Whom he never sees, to bring him to th…

Thomas Merton
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He who hopes in God trusts God, Whom he never sees, to bring him to the possession of things that are beyond imagination. ✨ Thomas Merton (2005). No Man is an Island, p.13, Shambhala Publications
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